John Carpenter has sort of lost his touch. Well, not sort of. This is a completely mindless action movie. In fact, it's almost like a porn movie in that there are scenes of vapid dialog and filler plot, and then scenes with really bad metal playing while everyone is shooting. Just replace sex with killing and it's a porn. Action porn. There's no tension, the characters are weak, and there isn't much of a story to speak of. The back of the box explains pretty much everything you learn from the movie, which isn't much. You could watch it on mute while doing something else and you'd get as much from the plot as if you watched it with sound. If there had been a lot less shooting and shouting and more background into the history and mystery of the events unfolding, it might have been a better movie. As it is, it's just boring. What happened to the John Carpenter of the Fog, They Live, the Thing, or Big Trouble in Little China? Even Escape from New York beats this movie. Even Escape from L.A. beats this movie! So many movies do action better.